Coolmore Stud Stakes
The Coolmore Stud Stakes (formerly the Ascot Vale Stakes) is a Group 1 set weights event for three-year-olds held at Flemington racecourse in late October or early November each year during the Melbourne Spring racing carnival. The race is run over a distance of 1200 metres down the Flemington 'straight six' course and worth $1,000,000 in prize money. The 2019 Coolmore Stud Stakes was won by Exceedance from Bivouac with Libertini third.
This race takes place on Derby Day on the first day of the four-day Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington. The Coolmore Stud Stakes is held alongside the Group 1 AAMI Victoria Derby, Group 1 Cantala Stakes and Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes.
Coolmore Stud Stakes info
| Date: | Saturday 30th October 2021 |
| Track: | Flemington racecourse, Melbourne |
| Distance: | 1200 metres |
| Race Type: | 3yo - Set Weights |
| Status: | Group 1 |
| Prize Money: | $1,000,000 |
| 2019 Winner: | Exceedance |
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The Coolmore Stud Stakes came about when the 'Ascot Vale Stakes' race date was moved in 2006 from early in the spring to be held on Derby Day as part of the Flemington four-day Melbourne Cup carnival where the best horses are found. The race was afforded Group 1 status and in 2007 the race was re-named the Coolmore Stud Stakes.
The new date and elite race status for the Coolmore Stud Stakes has changed the way some three-year-olds are now prepared for the premier three-year-old events of the Melbourne spring, with a number still tackling the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas over 1600m at Caulfield but then being freshened up for the shorter 1200m distance of the Coolmore Stud Stakes.
In the tradition of the Ascot Vale Stakes, the Coolmore Stud Stakes attracts quality three-year-old sprinters to make this race an exciting spectacle on Derby Day.
Recent winners Brazen Beau (2014) and Zoustar (2013) both won the Gr2 Roman Consul Stakes at Randwick on their way to winning the Coomore Stud Stakes while Japonisme (2015) ran third in the Roman Consul Stakes before winning this event.
The winning honour role for this race includes many of Australia's finest sprinters, including Sepoy (2011), Weekend Hussler (2007), Gold Edition (2006), Our Maizcay (1995), Zeditave (1987), Rancher (1982), Manikato (1978), Surround (1976) and champion Vain (1969).
The winner and placegetters of the Coolmore Stud Stakes often go on to success in some of Australia's premier sprint races while those gallopers who finish behind the placegetters can also figure prominently is some of our better sprint races in the future.
Sunlight (2018) finished unplaced in the Group 1 Manikato Stakes over 1200m at Moonee valley before proving too strong for her young male rivals in this event.
Recent Coolmore Stud Stakes winners include Merchant Navy (2017) and Flying Artie (2016).
2019 Coolmore Stud Stakes result
1. $3.80 Exceedance 57.0 Dwayne Dunn
2. $3.30 Bivouac 57.0 Hugh Bowman
3. $4.80 Libertini 55.0 Damien Oliver
then followed
4. $31.00 Li'l Kontra 55.0 Jamie Kah
5. $41.00 Brooklyn Hustle 55.0 Luke Nolen
6. $7.00 Cosmic Force 57.0 Tim Clark
7. $41.00 Alabama Express 57.0 James Winks
8. $20.00 Broadwayandfourth 55.0 Jye McNeil
9. $41.00 Sartorial Splendor 57.0 Ms Linda Meech
10. $26.00 Accession 57.0 Michael Walker
11. $101.00 Cardiff 57.0 John Allen
12. $201.00 Exeter 57.0 Jamie Mott
13. $31.00 Ruuca 57.0 Craig Williams
Margins: 0.4 len, 1.9 len
Time: 1:09.76
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Coolmore Stud Stakes winners & placegetters
| Year | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Time |
| 2019 | Exceedance | Bivouac | Libertini | 1:09.7 |
| 2018 | Sunlight | Zousain | Lean Mean Machine | 1:08.7 |
| 2017 | Merchant Navy | Invincible Star | Formality | 1:09.1 |
| 2016 | Flying Artie | Astern | Star Turn | 1:08.9 |
| 2015 | Japonisme | Keen Array | Counterattack | 1:09.5 |
| 2014 | Brazen Beau | Delectation | Kuro | 1:10.7 |
| 2013 | Zoustar | Not Listenin' To Me | Lion Of Belfort | 1:09.2 |
| 2012 | Nechita | Jolie Bay | Shamexpress | 1:08.5 |
| 2011 | Sepoy | Foxwedge | Satin Shoes | 1:10.4 |
| 2010 | Star Witness | Curtana | Shrapnel | 1:09.9 |
| 2009 | Headway | King Pulse | Shellscrape | 1:08.5 |
| 2008 | Northern Meteor | Fist of Fury | All American | 1:10.5 |
| 2007 | Weekend Hussler | Bel Mer | Scenic Blast | 1:08.9 |
| 2006 | Gold Edition | Splashing Out | Churchill Downs | 1:09.6 |
| 2005 | Ferocity | Jadescent | Undoubtedly | 1:08.3 |
| 2004 | Alinghi | Barley A Moment | Tirade | 1:10.5 |
| 2003 | Scaredee Cat | Lago Delight | Dilly Dally | 1:08.8 |
| 2002 | Innovation Girl | Cool Trent | Titanic Jack | 1:10.8 |
| 2001 | North Boy | Ustinov | Malagra Miss | 1:09.6 |
| 2000 | So Gorgeous | Show A Heart | Sort It Out | 1:12.9 |
| 1999 | Spargo | Testa Rossa | Fappianos Son | 1:11.0 |
| 1998 | Theatre | City Kid | Major Fun | 1:10.0 |
| 1997 | Show No Emotion | Cornwall Queen | Schubert | 1:09.7 |
| 1996 | Encosta De Lago | Pimpala Prince | My Duke | 1:10.3 |
| 1995 | Our Maizcay | Gold Ace | Strategic | 1:08.2 |
| 1994 | Racers Edge | Blevic | Cannibal King | 1:09.2 |
| 1993 | Brawny Spirit | Bella Sereta | Star Of Maple | 1:11.8 |
| 1992 | Quegent | Primacy | Just Juan | 1:11.7 |
| 1991 | Tierce | Noble Lancer | Diddy Do It | 1:08.9 |
| 1990 | Bureaucracy | Storaia | Canny Lad | 1:09.1 |
| 1989 | Courtza | Prince Salieri | Tango Master | 1:10.0 |
| 1988 | Zeditave | Star Watch | Clay Hero | 1:09.1 |
| 1987 | Kaapstad | Lonely Dreamer | Rancho Ruler | 1:10.6 |
| 1986 | Zephyr Cross | Bounding Away | Daring Jon | 1:11.6 |
| 1985 | Campaign King | Rode Rouge | Jackson Square | 1:11.8 |
| 1984 | Royal Troubador | Lord Of Camelot | Spirit Of Kingston | 1:10.4 |
| 1983 | Top Post | Taminor | Sentimental Lady | 1:14.4 |
| 1982 | Rancher | Top Of The Pack | Covetous | 1:11.2 |
| 1981 | Rose Of Kingston | Copperama | Fire Thunder | 1:11.0 |
| 1980 | Sardius | Glenson | Papal Bull | 1:10.5 |
| 1979 | Tolhurst | Oenjay Star | Bold Diplomat | 1:11.9 |
| 1978 | Manikato | Karaman | The Judge | 1:09.6 |
| 1977 | Ballyred | Guns Away | King Of The Stars | 1:11.3 |
| 1976 | Surround | Bagalot | Opposition | 1:10.3 |
| 1975 | Toy Show | Lord Dudley | His Worship | 1:13.2 |
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